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Article: What makes a food healthy? Sex differences in what is associated to healthiness evaluations

Foroni, Francesco / Esmaeilikia, Mahsa / Rumiati, Raffaella I.

Food quality and preference. 2022 Mar., v. 96

2022

Abstract: Food healthiness evaluations are important precursors of food choices as health beliefs guide a large portion of our food intake. In the present study we investigated the healthiness evaluations of males and females and the extent to which valence, ... ...

Abstract	Food healthiness evaluations are important precursors of food choices as health beliefs guide a large portion of our food intake. In the present study we investigated the healthiness evaluations of males and females and the extent to which valence, arousal, familiarity, hedonic value, and perceived calorie are associated to the healthiness attributed to different food. Ninety-two healthy normal-weight adults evaluated Low-Calorie foods (e.g., salad) and high-calorie foods (e.g., chips) on valence, arousal, familiarity, hedonic value, perceived calorie content, and healthiness. For both females and males, valence and perceived calorie content are associated with healthiness ratings of low-calorie food as well as with high-calorie food. The more positive and less caloric is considered a food, the more is considered healthy. These are the only dimensions linked to healthiness ratings of low-calorie foods. Instead, high-calorie food healthiness is also associated to its arousal and hedonic value for females while to its familiarity for males. These results highlight key dimensions related to how healthy a food is considered by lay persons. Moreover, they show that different dimensions are associated to healthiness of a food for females and males. Even though there are dimensions associated to healthiness evaluation irrespective of the sex and of the type of food (i.e., valence, perceived calorie content), other dimensions relate only to high-calorie food and are relevant either for females (arousal, hedonic value) or for males (familiarity). Thus, different dimensions could be leveraged to develop sex-targeted interventions depending on the type of food.
Keywords	energy content ; food intake ; food quality ; hedonic scales ; high energy foods ; low calorie foods ; salads
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-03
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1020221-3
ISSN	0950-3293
ISSN	0950-3293
DOI	10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104438
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Article ; Online: Do we embody second language? Evidence for 'partial' simulation during processing of a second language.

Foroni, Francesco

Brain and cognition

2015 Volume 99, Page(s) 8–16

Abstract: The present paper investigates whether the processing of emotion language in the context of a second language (L2) entails motor simulations and whether simulation models extend to negation also for L2. Participants were exposed to sentences in L2 ... ...

Abstract	The present paper investigates whether the processing of emotion language in the context of a second language (L2) entails motor simulations and whether simulation models extend to negation also for L2. Participants were exposed to sentences in L2 describing emotional expressions while facial muscle activity was continuously measured. Sentences mapped either directly upon the zygomatic muscle (e.g., "I am smiling") or did not (e.g., "I am frowning"), and were presented in the affirmative and negative form. Similarly to studies involving first language (L1), the zygomatic muscle was activated when reading affirmative sentences relevant to the muscle. In contrast, and differently from what previously observed in L1, reading sentences in the negative form ("I am not smiling") did not lead to relaxation/inhibition of the zygomatic muscle. These results extend the simulation models to the comprehension of L2 but they also provide important constraints and contribute to the debate about grounding of the abstract and concrete concepts.
MeSH term(s)	Comprehension/physiology ; Electromyography ; Emotions/physiology ; Facial Expression ; Facial Muscles/physiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Multilingualism ; Neural Inhibition/physiology ; Nonverbal Communication ; Reading ; Young Adult
Language	English
Publishing date	2015-10
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	603163-8
ISSN	1090-2147 ; 0278-2626
ISSN (online)	1090-2147
ISSN	0278-2626
DOI	10.1016/j.bandc.2015.06.006
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Article ; Online: A multi-analyses approach of inductive/deductive asymmetry in the affective priming paradigm.

Foroni, Francesco / Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando / Wilcox, Rand / de Bastiani, Fernanda / Semin, Gün R

British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953)

2023 Volume 114, Issue 3, Page(s) 550–565

Abstract: Rapidly evaluating our environment's beneficial and detrimental features is critical for our successful functioning. A classic paradigm used to investigate such fast and automatic evaluations is the affective priming (AP) paradigm, where participants ... ...

Abstract	Rapidly evaluating our environment's beneficial and detrimental features is critical for our successful functioning. A classic paradigm used to investigate such fast and automatic evaluations is the affective priming (AP) paradigm, where participants classify valenced target stimuli (e.g., words) as good or bad while ignoring the valenced primes (e.g., words). We investigate the differential impact that verbs and adjectives used as primes and targets have on the AP paradigm. Based on earlier work on the Linguistic Category Model, we expect AP effect to be modulated by non-evaluative properties of the word stimuli, such as the linguistic category (e.g., if the prime is an adjective and the target is a verb versus the reverse). A reduction in the magnitude of the priming effect was predicted for adjective-verb prime-target pairs compared to verb-adjective prime-target pairs. Moreover, we implemented a modified crowdsourcing of statistical analyses implementing independently three different statistical approaches. Deriving our conclusions on the converging/diverging evidence provided by the different approaches, we show a clear deductive/inductive asymmetry in AP paradigm (exp. 1), that this asymmetry does not require a focus on the evaluative dimension to emerge (exp. 2) and that the semantic-based asymmetry weakly extends to valence (exp. 3).
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Affect ; Semantics ; Language ; Reaction Time
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-01-30
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	220659-6
ISSN	2044-8295
ISSN (online)	2044-8295
DOI	10.1111/bjop.12634
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Article: The association between OCD and Shame: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Laving, Michelle / Foroni, Francesco / Ferrari, Madeleine / Turner, Cynthia / Yap, Keong

The British journal of clinical psychology

2022 Volume 62, Issue 1, Page(s) 28–52

Abstract: Background: Due to rumination and self-criticism over unwanted obsessions and repetitive rituals, shame is a common emotion experienced by individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Shame is also theorized to have relevance to unacceptable ... ...

Abstract	Background: Due to rumination and self-criticism over unwanted obsessions and repetitive rituals, shame is a common emotion experienced by individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Shame is also theorized to have relevance to unacceptable thoughts in OCD. However, empirical research looking at the relationship between OCD and shame is still emerging and findings have been mixed. Objectives: Our review systematically examines the association of shame with OCD and unacceptable thoughts. Methods: The last updated search was conducted across five databases between 27 and 29 February 2022. The final selection included 20 papers, 18 of which were used in the primary meta-analysis to calculate pooled effect sizes between OCD and shame measures using a random effects model. In a separate analysis, three papers were used to calculate pooled effect sizes between shame and OCD symptom dimensions also using a random effects model. Results: The meta-analyses identified a significant, moderate and positive correlation between total OCD and shame scores r = .352, 95% CI [0.260, 0.438]. In addition, significant, weak and positive relationships were found between shame and three OCD symptom dimensions: unacceptable thoughts r = .252, 95% CI [-0.467, 0.9708], harm obsessions r = .224, CI [-0.190, 0.638] and symmetry concerns r = .200, CI [-0.108, 0.509]. Limitations: Shame measures in the reviewed studies were not specific to OCD, and between-study variance in the analyses examining unacceptable thoughts was significant. Conclusions: Our findings support a medium positive relationship between shame and OCD. As shame in OCD can be a barrier to seeking treatment and impair quality of life, it is imperative to address this emotion through psychoeducation, assessment and treatment.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Quality of Life ; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology ; Shame ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Psychometrics
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-10-27
Publishing country	England
Document type	Meta-Analysis ; Systematic Review ; Journal Article
ZDB-ID	625324-6
ISSN	2044-8260 ; 0144-6657
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ISSN	0144-6657
DOI	10.1111/bjc.12392
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Article: All Plant Breeding Technologies Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others: The Case of GM and Mutagenesis.

Batalha, Luisa / Foroni, Francesco / Jones, Brian Joseph

Frontiers in plant science

2021 Volume 12, Page(s) 657133

Abstract: A pervasive opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods has developed from the notion that they pose a risk to human and environmental health. Other techniques for the genetic modification of plants, such as sexual crossing and mutagenesis breeding, ... ...

Abstract	A pervasive opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods has developed from the notion that they pose a risk to human and environmental health. Other techniques for the genetic modification of plants, such as sexual crossing and mutagenesis breeding, have mostly remained unchallenged. This research aims to investigate public perception of plant breeding technologies. Specifically, sexual crossing, mutagenesis, transgenics (GM) and gene editing. It was expected that attitudes and intentions would be most positive and the perception of risk lowest for plant genetic modification through sexual crosses. Scores on these variables were expected to be similar between mutagenesis, GM and gene editing. It was also expected that attitudes, intentions and risk perception would change (becoming more positive) once participants learned about foods developed through these technologies. Participants reported their attitudes, intentions and risk perception at two points in time. At Time 2, they were presented with pictures of food items developed through sexual crossing, GM and mutagenesis. The results showed that mutagenesis stood out as the most negatively perceived technology, whereas genetic development via sexual crosses was generally perceived as positive. The results highlight the importance of messaging, framing in consumer attitudes.
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-07-02
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2613694-6
ISSN	1664-462X
ISSN	1664-462X
DOI	10.3389/fpls.2021.657133
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Article ; Online: The role of associative learning in healthy and sustainable food evaluations: An event-related potential study.

Chen, Pin-Jane / Coricelli, Carol / Kaya, Sinem / Rumiati, Raffaella Ida / Foroni, Francesco

Neuroscience research

2022 Volume 183, Page(s) 61–75

Abstract: Individuals in industrialized societies frequently include processed foods in their diet. However, overconsumption of heavily processed foods leads to imbalanced calorie intakes as well as negative health consequences and environmental impacts. In the ... ...

Abstract	Individuals in industrialized societies frequently include processed foods in their diet. However, overconsumption of heavily processed foods leads to imbalanced calorie intakes as well as negative health consequences and environmental impacts. In the present study, normal-weight healthy individuals were recruited in order to test whether associative learning (Evaluative Conditioning, EC) could strengthen the association between food-types (minimally processed and heavily processed foods) and concepts (e.g., healthiness), and whether these changes would be reflected at the implicit associations, at the explicit ratings and in behavioral choices. A Semantic Congruency task (SC) during electroencephalography recordings was used to examine the neural signature of newly acquired associations between foods and concepts. The accuracy after EC towards minimally processed food (MP-food) in the SC task significantly increased, indicating strengthened associations between MP-food and the concept of healthiness through EC. At the neural level, a more negative amplitude of the N400 waveform, which reflects semantic incongruency, was shown in response to MP-foods paired with the concept of unhealthiness in proximity of the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). This implied the possible role of the left DLPFC in changing food representations by integrating stimuli's features with existing food-relevant information. Finally, the N400 effect was modulated by individuals' attentional impulsivity as well as restrained eating behavior.
MeSH term(s)	Conditioning, Classical ; Electroencephalography ; Evoked Potentials ; Feeding Behavior ; Female ; Food Preferences/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Prefrontal Cortex/physiology
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-07-09
Publishing country	Ireland
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	605842-5
ISSN	1872-8111 ; 0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
ISSN (online)	1872-8111
ISSN	0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
DOI	10.1016/j.neures.2022.07.002
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Article ; Online: We are what we eat: How food is represented in our mind/brain.

Rumiati, Raffaella I / Foroni, Francesco

Psychonomic bulletin & review

2016 Volume 23, Issue 4, Page(s) 1043–1054

Abstract: Despite the essential role of food in our lives, we have little understanding of the way our knowledge about food is organized in the brain. At birth, human infants exhibit very few food preferences, and do not yet know much about what is edible and what ...

Abstract	Despite the essential role of food in our lives, we have little understanding of the way our knowledge about food is organized in the brain. At birth, human infants exhibit very few food preferences, and do not yet know much about what is edible and what is not. A multisensory learning development will eventually turn young infants into omnivore adults, for whom deciding what to eat becomes an effortful task. Recognizing food constitutes an essential step in this decisional process. In this paper we examine how concepts about food are represented in the human brain. More specifically, we first analyze how brain-damaged patients recognize natural and manufactured food, and then examine these patterns in the light of the sensory-functional hypothesis and the domain-specific hypothesis. Secondly, we discuss how concepts of food are represented depending on whether we embrace the embodied view or the disembodied view. We conclude that research on food recognition and on the organization of knowledge about food must also take into account some aspects specific to food category, the relevance of which has not been sufficiently recognized and investigated to date.
Language	English
Publishing date	2016-08
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2031311-1
ISSN	1531-5320 ; 1069-9384
ISSN (online)	1531-5320
ISSN	1069-9384
DOI	10.3758/s13423-015-0908-2
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Article ; Online: The attraction of emotions: Irrelevant emotional information modulates motor actions.

Ambron, Elisabetta / Foroni, Francesco

Psychonomic bulletin & review

2015 Volume 22, Issue 4, Page(s) 1117–1123

Abstract: Emotional expressions are important cues that capture our attention automatically. Although a wide range of work has explored the role and influence of emotions on cognition and behavior, little is known about the way that emotions influence motor ... ...

Abstract	Emotional expressions are important cues that capture our attention automatically. Although a wide range of work has explored the role and influence of emotions on cognition and behavior, little is known about the way that emotions influence motor actions. Moreover, considering how critical detecting emotional facial expressions in the environment can be, it is important to understand their impact even when they are not directly relevant to the task being performed. Our novel approach was to explore this issue from the attention-and-action perspective, using a task-irrelevant distractor paradigm in which participants are asked to reach for a target while a nontarget stimulus is also presented. We tested whether the movement trajectory would be influenced by irrelevant stimuli-faces with or without emotional expressions. The results showed that reaching paths veered toward faces with emotional expressions, in particular happiness, but not toward neutral expressions. This reinforces the view of emotions as attention-capturing stimuli that are, however, also potential sources of distraction for motor actions.
MeSH term(s)	Anger ; Attention ; Cognition ; Cues ; Emotions ; Face ; Facial Expression ; Facial Recognition ; Female ; Happiness ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult
Language	English
Publishing date	2015-08
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Article: Comprehension of action negation involves inhibitory simulation.

Foroni, Francesco / Semin, Gün R

Frontiers in human neuroscience

2013 Volume 7, Page(s) 209

Abstract: Previous research suggests that action language is comprehended by activating the motor system. We report a study, investigating a critical question in this research field: do negative sentences activate the motor system? Participants were exposed to ... ...

Abstract	Previous research suggests that action language is comprehended by activating the motor system. We report a study, investigating a critical question in this research field: do negative sentences activate the motor system? Participants were exposed to sentences in the affirmation and negation forms while the zygomatic muscle activity on the left side of the face was continuously measured (Electromyography technique: EMG). Sentences were descriptions of emotional expressions that mapped either directly upon the zygomatic muscle (e.g., "I am smiling") or did not (e.g., "I am frowning"). Reading sentences involving the negation of the activity of a specific muscle (zygomatic major-"I am not smiling") is shown to lead to the inhibition of this muscle. Reading sentences involving the affirmative form instead ("I am smiling") leads to the activation of zygomatic mucle. In contrast, sentences describing an activity that is irrelevant to the zygomatic muscle (e.g., "I am frowning" or "I am not frowning") produce no muscle activity. These results extend the range of simulation models to negation and by implication to an abstract domain. We discuss how this research contributes to the grounding of abstract and concrete concepts.
Language	English
Publishing date	2013-05-30
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2425477-0
ISSN	1662-5161
ISSN	1662-5161
DOI	10.3389/fnhum.2013.00209
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Article ; Online: Food color is in the eye of the beholder: the role of human trichromatic vision in food evaluation.

Foroni, Francesco / Pergola, Giulio / Rumiati, Raffaella Ida

Scientific reports

2016 Volume 6, Page(s) 37034

Abstract: Non-human primates evaluate food quality based on brightness of red and green shades of color, with red signaling higher energy or greater protein content in fruits and leafs. Despite the strong association between food and other sensory modalities, ... ...

Abstract	Non-human primates evaluate food quality based on brightness of red and green shades of color, with red signaling higher energy or greater protein content in fruits and leafs. Despite the strong association between food and other sensory modalities, humans, too, estimate critical food features, such as calorie content, from vision. Previous research primarily focused on the effects of color on taste/flavor identification and intensity judgments. However, whether evaluation of perceived calorie content and arousal in humans are biased by color has received comparatively less attention. In this study we showed that color content of food images predicts arousal and perceived calorie content reported when viewing food even when confounding variables were controlled for. Specifically, arousal positively co-varied with red-brightness, while green-brightness was negatively associated with arousal and perceived calorie content. This result holds for a large array of food comprising of natural food - where color likely predicts calorie content - and of transformed food where, instead, color is poorly diagnostic of energy content. Importantly, this pattern does not emerged with nonfood items. We conclude that in humans visual inspection of food is central to its evaluation and seems to partially engage the same basic system as non-human primates.
Language	English
Publishing date	2016-11-14
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2615211-3
ISSN	2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
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DOI	10.1038/srep37034
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